{"id":3927681,"date":"2026-08-26T16:03:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T21:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/thermal-anomaly-discovered-below-mars-south-pole\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T16:03:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T21:03:26","slug":"thermal-anomaly-discovered-below-mars-south-pole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/thermal-anomaly-discovered-below-mars-south-pole\/","title":{"rendered":"Thermal anomaly discovered below Mars&#8217; south pole"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Researchers have discovered a thermal asymmetry deep beneath the surface across Mars&#8217; southern hemisphere. Based on gravitational measurements that provide clues to the Red Planet&#8217;s interior structure, Mars&#8217; southern interior is around 200 to 400 degrees Celsius warmer than the planet&#8217;s northern half and partially molten. The surprising finding adds context to Martian history and the periods during which it may have hosted conditions favorable for life.<\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-08-thermal-anomaly-mars-south-pole.html\" target=\"_blank\">Go to Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers have discovered a thermal asymmetry deep beneath the surface across Mars&#8217; southern hemisphere. Based on gravitational measurements that provide clues to the Red Planet&#8217;s interior structure, Mars&#8217; southern interior is around 200 to 400 degrees Celsius warmer than the planet&#8217;s northern half and partially molten. The surprising finding adds context to Martian history and [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3927681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3927681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3927681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3927681\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3927681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3927681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3927681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}